Old Lead Bottom
- On the WWII military comedy MCHALES NAVY/ABC/1962-66 the rowdy
crew of the PT Boat No. 73 stationed on the South Seas island of
Taratupa nicknamed Captain Wallace B. Binghamton (Joe Flynn) "Old
Lead Bottom" because he was constantly plotting (unsuccessfully)
to get Lt. Cdr. Quinton McHale (Ernest Borgnine) and his con
artist crew members transferred from his command. Old Lead
Bottom's favorite sayings were "What, What, What!," “I could just
scream,” "Somebody up there hates me!" and "Why me?, Why me?"